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"It’s a ht of the water held underneath If I turn this crank"--he demonstrated--"the water turns to a mere dribble"
"I would love to sit, but I’m afraid the spray has dampened the stone," Kate said ruefully, "and I mustn’t crease my dress"
She turned and looked up at hi would co, thrusting gasps that men and women share in deepest intimacy
Instead of speech, he reached out and ran a hand down the curve of her cheek He felt the s sers with hisher face from his
His heart jolted "I must"
"You may not"
"Kate!" It was pain to his heart even to say her name At the same time, it was like honey in hisin his heart
"Oh, Gabriel," she whispered
"Giveyou"
"I--" She stopped and started again "I’m afraid, Gabriel You’ll break my heart"
"Mine is already broken"
There, the truth of it was out, between theht
He kissed her in an act of possession There was no other way to describe it, the way they fell together into some nameless darkness, some impudent fairy-tale space where he was no prince, and she no lady
Just two bodies, aroused, warown," she loith a wicked kind of glee "This is so wrong "
He reached out, wrenched the crank, and the gurgle of water entirely stopped Then he showed her how to put her hands on the head of a wet, laughing mer-horse Carefully, carefully, he raised layer after layer of fabric, throwing them over her back until her beautiful bottom lay beneath his hands, clad only in a pair of drawers so delicate that he could see her skin through them
He hesitated, as if what lay before him was too beautiful for huht, leaned over, pressing against her, his hands curving naturally to her breasts
She hadn’t said a word, but the ers brushed a nipple she let out a cry and pushed back against hiht in a snowstorht; it felt as if all sensation came from his hands, his body only
The sweetness of her breast, the tight bud of her nipple, the ragged pant that shook her body, the deep curve of buttock against hiain and she cried again He let his fingers drift down into her sweet valley and she sobbed and arched back